GREENSBORO — West Lincoln High, the state’s 2A dual-team champion, has three wrestlers in state title matches on Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum.
The Rebels have 81 points and are 10 1/2 points behind Central Academy as the championships in all four classifications head into their final day. Fred T. Foard is in third place with 70 1/2 points and advanced two wrestlers to a weight class final.
All told, 14 wrestlers in 2A from the South Fork 2A and Northwestern Foothills 2A are still alive in the chase for a state title. They include a potential repeat as the state’s best for Nathan Hull of West Lincoln (152 pounds, now 45-3) and Landon Foor of Fred T. Foard (182, now 46-0).
The area’s other two defending state champions also remain alive, both in 3A — Spencer Leonhardt of Freedom (145, now 41-1) and Isaac Chapman of Alexander Central (285, now 30-2).
Saturday’s wrestling begins at 9 a.m. and the Parade of Championships and title matches are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Friday at Greensboro Coliseum)
Friday’s results for wrestlers from the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A. For complete results, visit www.nchsaa.org:
2A
Top team scores through Day 2: 1 Central Academy 91.5; 2. WEST LINCOLN 81; 3. FRED T FOARD 70.5; 4. Canton Pisgah 65; 5. R-S Central 55; 6. NEWTON-CONOVER 49.5
Championship semifinals
126
Cayman Carpenter (Bunker Hill, 35-5) d. Louis Mehaffey (Canton Pisgah, 41-11) (Dec 14-11)
Ethan Oakley (Wheatmore, 52-1) d. Spenser Harris (Newton-Conover, 63-1) (Dec 7-1)
132
Landon Shuford (W. Iredell, 37-2) d. Gage Peters (S. Granville, 42-5) (Dec 3-1)
138
Josh Riggs (Foard, 43-3) d. Jonathan Ward (Northeastern, 33-4) (Dec 6-5)
145
Colby Teague (Bandys, 52-1) d. Taylor Thorn (E. Rutherford, 40-8) (Dec 9-6)
Canon Bridges (W. Lincoln, 35-4) d. Caleb Hines (E. Lincoln, 31-11) (MD 8-0)
152
Nathan Hull (W. Lincoln, 45-3) p. Justn Jolin (Croatan, 45-10) (Fall 2:44)
160
Cade Haines (Central Academy, 48-4) d. AJ Wingate (Foard, 35-3) (Dec 8-4)
170
Seth Williamson (W. Iredell, 44-6) d. Abraham Vargas-Perez (Lexington, 47-10) (Dec 10-3)
Joshua Nichols (Newton-Conover, 54-3) d. Garrett Overbay (Mount Pleasant, 49-4) (Dec 5-3)
182
Landon Foor (Foard, 46-0) d. over Raheem Jones (N. Pitt, 27-7) (TF-1.5 5:52 (20-5)
195
Will Frady (Smoky Mountain, 40-1) d. Gabriel Guess (Bunker Hill, 46-3) (Dec 5-4)
Ray Darden (Ayden–Grifton, 31-1) d. Carter Williamson (E. Lincoln, 37-4) (Dec 6-3)
285
Brock Steele (W. Lincoln, 40-8) d. Ryan Walker (Newton-Conover, 54-12) (TB-1 3-2)
Championship quarterfinals
106
Kyle Montaperto (Central Academy, 46-1) d. Camden Spencer (Newton-Conover, 55-9) (Fall
113
Jacob Cox (S. Rowan, 33-1) d. Langston Hoffman (W. Lincoln, 39-9) (MD 8-0)
Elijah Boyd (Reidsville, 22-6) D. Mitch Glover (Newton-Conover, 53-8) (TF-1.5 5:42 (19-3))
126
Cayman Carpenter (Bunker Hill, 34-5) d. Hunter Dover (Chase, 28-7) (Fall 5:32)
Spenser Harris (Newton-Conover, 63-0) d. Andrew Holden (N. Lincoln, 39-9) (Dec 5-2)
132
Landon Shuford (W. Iredell, 36-2) d. Jake Santolli (Foard, 34-8) (TF-1.5 4:11 (17-2))
Gage Peters (S. Granville, 42-4) d. Chance Norman (W. Lincoln, 29-16) (Fall 5:16)
138
Jonathan Ward (Northeastern, 33-3) d. Xander Pendergrass (W. Lincoln, 39-8) (Dec 2-1)
Josh Riggs (Foard, 42-3) d. Cody Williams (Reidsville, 17-3) (Dec 10-9)
145
Colby Teague (Bandys, 51-1) d. Tyler Vinson (Franklin, 35-3) (MD 13-2)
Caleb Hines (East Lincoln, 31-10) d. Justin Whalen (Foard, 37-12) (OT 15-13)
Canon Bridges (W. Lincoln, 34-4) d. Dalton Miller (Mount Pleasant, 42-5) (MD 19-10)
152
Nathan Hull (W. Lincoln, 44-3) d. Carlos Mize (N. Davidson, 34-2) (TF-1.5 5:45 (16-1))
160
AJ Wingate (Foard, 35-2) d. Tyler Wargo (Richlands, 42-7) (MD 13-2)
170
Seth Williamson (W. Iredell, 43-6) d. Hunter Lloyd (Foard, 24-7) (Dec 10-3)
Joshua Nichols (Newton-Conover, 53-3) d. Andrew Warren (South Point, 47-6) (Dec 8-2)
182
Landon Foor (Foard, 45-0) d. Kevin Cruz (Randleman, 21-9) (Fall 1:38)
Matteo Fulghieri (Carrboro, 31-1) d. Cole Clark (Newton-Conover, 51-11) (Dec 2-0)
195
Gabriel Guess (Bunker Hill, 46-2) d. Joey Ferguson (Wheatmore, 30-10) (Fall 1:51)
Carter Williamson (E. Lincoln, 37-3) d. Christen Koonce (West Craven, 33-10) (Dec 11-5)
220
Raven Atkins (Northeastern, 39-2) d. Harley Scronce (W. Lincoln, 34-8) (Dec 5-1)
Jahki Rankin (Reidsville, 9-0) d. Grayson Cannon (E. Lincoln, 33-8) (Fall 4:40)
285
Brock Steele (W. Lincoln, 39-8) d. Jessie Furr (W. Stanly, 32-7) (TB-1 4-2)
Ryan Walker (Newton-Conover, 54-11) d. Trent Smith (E. Lincoln, 25-11) (MD 11-3)
Consolation quarterfinals
106
Victor Lamberth (W. Lincoln 36-10) d. Mariano Mendez (Patton, 33-5) (Dec 7-1)
Eddie Leon (S. Lenoir, 34-11) d. Camden Spencer (Newton-Conover, 55-10) (Dec 9-5)
113
Mitch Glover (Newton-Conover, 54-8) p. Elvis Lopez Salazar (Heidi Trask, 19-8) (Fall 2:30)
Langston Hoffman (W. Lincoln, 40-9) d. Dilan Patton (Patton, 45-13) (Dec 9-5)
120
Keagan Bolman (Dixon, 40-12) d. Arturo Pizon-Castillejos (E. Burke, 39-6) (Dec 3-0)
Braden Wharton (Foard, 39-8) d. Conner Nelson (Wheatmore, 34-12) (Dec 4-2)
126
Andrew Holden (N. Lincoln, 40-9) d. Sam Kagarise (Bunn, 32-4) (Dec 7-2)
Preston Scarborough (Central Academy, 39-6) d. Luke Stewart (W. Lincoln, 41-12) (MD 14-1)
132
De`Rishio Reid (N.C. School of Science & Math, 24-6) p. Chance Norman (W. Lincoln, 29-17) (Fall 4:55)
Jake Santolli (Foard, 35-8) p. Lucas Whitted (Canton Pisgah, 18-7) (Fall 0:54)
138
Xander Pendergrass (W. Lincoln, 40-8) p. Dylan Ball (W. Wilkes, 39-11) (Fall 2:17)
145
Kalin Mabe (Ledford, 39-8) d. Justin Whalen (Foard, 37-13) (Dec 7-0)
152
Isaac Shelley (Ledford, 24-7) d. Justin Wilson (Maiden, 18-12) (Dec 4-3)
170
Hunter Lloyd (Foard, 25-7) d. Garrett Shumate (W. Wilkes, 35-12) (Dec 6-4)
182
Garrett Icard (Bunker Hill, 36-4) d. Cole Clark (Newton-Conover, 51-12) (DQ)
195
James Gaither (Newton-Conover, 47-16) d. Kyunta Burns (Anson, 34-9) (Dec 6-2)
220
Casey Bolick (Bunker Hill, 46-3) p. Grayson Cannon (E. Lincoln, 33-9) (Fall 3:58)
Khalil Everett (North Pitt, 39-12) d. Harley Scronce (W. Lincoln, 34-9) (Dec 7-5)
285
Steven Trim (Randleman, 30-9) p. Trent Smith (E. Lincoln, 25-12) (Fall 0:52)
Consolation first round
106
Victor Lamberth (W. Iredell, 35-10) d. Cameron Hinson (Wheatmore, 25-21) (Dec 10-4)
Eddie Leon (S. Lenoir, 33-11) p. Tucker Sisk (Draughn, 18-11) (Fall 0:39)
113
Dilan Patton (Patton, 45-12) p. Javon White (Salisbury, 39-13) (Fall 2:08)
120
Arturo Pizon-Castillejos (E. Burke, 39-5) p. Luke Walker (Croatan, 37-17) (Fall 2:46)
Braden Wharton (Foard, 38-8) d. Tristen Nixon (Washington, 44-21) (MD 14-6)
126
Luke Stewart (W. Lincoln, 41-11) d. Jadavin Eirich (Richlands, 34-19) (TF-1.5 3:00 (15-0))
152
Jared Watson (W. Stanly, 48-8) d. Charlie Pettery (Newton-Conover, 37-19) (Dec 7-4)
Justin Wilson (Maiden, 18-11) p. Kalin O`Dell (E. Davidson, 29-17) (Fall 3:58)
160
Logan MacFarland (Ledford, 35-16) d. Evan Hines (E. Lincoln, 31-10) (Dec 5-4)
182
Garrett Icard (Bunker Hill, 35-4) d. Joseph Whitford (W. Craven, 27-6) (Dec 5-2)
195
James Gaither (Newton-Conover, 46-16) d. Caleb McGee (E. Davidson, 35-9) (TB-1 3-2)
220
Casey Bolick (Bunker Hill, 45-3) p. Micheal Weiss (S. Granville, 37-8) (Fall 3:43)
3A
Top team scores through Day 2: 1. Piedmont 80.5; 2. Cape Fear 74; 3. ST. STEPHENS 63; 4. SE Guilford 63; 5. N. Henderson 60.5
Championship semifinals
138
Dallas Wilson (Cape Fear, 45-0) d. Blake Baker (St. Stephens, 55-4) (MD 13-3)
145
Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom, 42-1) d. William Willis (W. Carteret, 50-4) (Dec 3-0)
Levi Anderson (Hillsborough Orange, 49-3) p. Devin Bumgarner (W. Caldwell, 41-9) (Fall 2:24)
152
Ivan Vergel (St. Stephens, 59-2) d. Jonathan Ross (Union Pines, 52-6) (Dec 12-6)
170
Jared Barbour (Cape Fear, 44-2) d. Easton Griffin (W. Caldwell, 47-3) (MD 17-5)
195
Salvador Gilvaja (St. Stephens, 59-3) d. Christian Robles (N. Henderson, 37-12) (MD 11-0)
285
Isaac Chapman (Alexander Central, 30-2) d. Johnathan King (SE Guilford, 23-1) (Dec 7-3)
Championship quarterfinals
126
Nathan Huntley (Piedmont, 50-11) d. Graham Ormand (St. Stephens, 51-5) (Dec 1-0)
138
Blake Baker (St. Stephens, 55-3) d. Kevin Arango (SW Guilford, 39-8) (Dec 9-5)
145
Spencer Leonhardt (Freedom, 41-1) p. Jeremiah Smith (Cape Fear, 40-10) (Fall 2:23)
Devin Bumgarner (W. Caldwell, 41-8) p. over Khamani Holmes (Western Harnett, 41-6) (Fall 5:20)
152
Ivan Vergel (St. Stephens, 58-2) d. River Carroll (Swansboro, 43-8) (Dec 7-4)
Tyler Hughes (Pikeville Aycock, 54-3) p. Freddy Guardiola (W. Caldwell, 42-9) (Fall 5:50)
170
Easton Griffin (W. Caldwell, 47-2) d. Avery Jenkins (Hillsborough Orange, 39-10) (Dec 2-1)
195
Salvador Gilvaja (St. Stephens, 58-3) d. Baiden Suddarth (W. Rowan, 32-8) (MD 10-2)
285
Isaac Chapman (Alexander Central, 29-2) d. Michael Carvin (Triton, 38-4) (Dec 4-3)
Consolation quarterfinals
113
Jovanny Urzua (St. Stephens, 50-8) d. Sam Johnson (W. Carteret, 44-11) (Dec 10-9)
120
Tariq Shuford (St. Stephens, 30-15) d. Stephon Goodwin (N. Forsyth, 43-8) (Dec 16-9)
126
Graham Ormand (St. Stephens, 52-5) p. Ryan Schroer (W. Johnston, 53-9) (Fall 4:21)
152
Jaquan Russell (A.L. Brown, 38-9) d. Freddy Guardiola (W. Caldwell, 42-10) (Dec 3-0)
182
Bryan Aragao (N. Brunswick, 40-5) d. Dakota Metcalf (St. Stephens, 24-3) (For.)
Consolation first round
113
Jovanny Urzua (St. Stephens, 49-8) d. Johnathon Salazar (Southern Nash, 29-14) (Dec 5-0)
120
Tariq Shuford (St. Stephens, 29-15) d. Noah Kiser (Central Cabarrus, 41-12) (SV-1 8-6)
Nathan Bray (Topsail, 26-6) d. Chase S. Treadway (Alexander Central, 36-15) (Dec 12-6)
182
Dakota Metcalf (St. Stephens, 24-2) p. Triston Gee (Swansboro, 36-14) (Fall 3:31)
4A
Top team scores through Day 2: 1. Mooresville 97; 2. Cardinal Gibbons 71; 3. Lake Norman 65; 4. Cary 62.5; 5. Wilmington Laney 58.5
Championship semifinals
152
Connor Wrought (New Bern, 51-3) d. Dustin Herman (S. Caldwell, 47-5) (SV-1 5-3)
Championship quarterfinals
126
Seth Thomas (Laney, 41-5) d. Tobias Finn (McDowell, 41-12) (MD 8-0)
152
Dustin Herman (S. Caldwell, 47-4) d. Michael Quinones (E. Forsyth, 34-4) (SV-1 5-3)
Consolation quarterfinals
126
Tobias Finn (McDowell, 42-12) p. Wesley Chappell (Mallard Creek, 30-26) (Fall 0:49)
285
Tyrell Reid (W. Mecklenburg, 26-5) d. Josh Voelkel (S. Caldwell, 45-11) (TB-1 3-2)
Consolation first round
170
Brandon Smith (Middle Creek, 36-9) d. Josh Morgan (McDowell, 27-16) (Dec 10-7)
285
Josh Voelkel (S. Caldwell, 45-10) p. Shayne Mallory (Page, 26-12) (Fall 2:48)